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In association with the Sick Children’s Trust we have created A Big Chocolate Tea Party Box. The charity supports families when they have a child in hospital. Big Chocolate Tea is their biggest annual fundraising event which aims to raise thousands of pounds to continue to fund the charity’s ten ‘Homes from Home’ across the country. It costs £30 support a family for one night, ensuring they can stay just minutes away from their sick child’s bedside. Last year, the charity helped over 4,000 families with seriously ill children, keeping them together when it mattered the most.

Here at Crumb, we want to help in whatever way we can, and thought our business model worked very well with the charity’s campaign. Our Big Chocolate Tea party box is ideal for busy people who want to get together over a cake and cuppa and raise money for The Sick Children’s Trust with no baking or washing up required 😉 It’s also a great gift to anyone staying in hospital, a thank you to the hard working ward staff or a just as a gift to brighten someone’s day.

The Big Chocolate Tea party box costs £26 and is available to order online. £5 from every box sold will be donated to The Sick Children’s Trust. The box contains everything you need to hold a chocola-tea event with a selection of fine teas, luxury melting hot chocolate sticks, a selection of delicious handmade cakes and all the trimmings.

Crumb. founder, Mum Vicky Casey, chose to support Big Chocolate Tea, after her own daughter needed heart surgery last year at the LGI and she heard about the support the charity gives to families from across Leeds and beyond. Vicky, whose daughter was given the all clear at the weekend, says:

“Luckily we are local to the Children’s Heart Unit at the LGI, but for many families this isn’t the case. We met many who were being supported by The Sick Children’s Trust and they were very grateful for Eckersley House, one of the homes from home the charity provide.”

“As a mum myself, I know just how hard it is when your child is ill. And if that child needs hospital treatment far away from home, it is so important that they can have their family with them. The Sick Children’s Trust’s makes this happen, by supporting families with ‘Home from Home’ accommodation such as Eckersley House at the LGI. Not only does this ease the tension and stress for the family by being just minutes from their child’s bedside – it also aids a child’s recovery. The Sick Children’s Trust is a wonderful charity and we are delighted to be supporting their campaign” On related articles, take a look at this blog about : what to say during an intervention.

Happy friday afternoon everyone! Our free cakes for March have just been sent to the lucky recipients. It’s been lovely to be sending out cakes to make someones day and we can’t wait for the nominations to come in for April. Some people have asked us if it’s a publicity stunt and I’ll be honest here, yes, of course we want to spread the word about our business, but we thought rather than run a few standard competitions, wouldn’t it be refreshing to make a commitment to do something on an ongoing basis that genuinely cheered folks up? Wouldn’t it be great to do this and not ask for anything in return, no “like us” on facebook, “share this post” or “come up with a new product for us” etc just nominate someone who might fancy some free cakes.

Our March boxes went to a friend of a RAKtivist (find out more about them here…. they are awesome and the inspiration for this venture) and some friends who are doing a lot of travelling and could do with a sit down and a cuppa.

Want to send someone some cakes on us? Just nominate them by sending us an email titled “rak request” to enquires@enjoycrumb.com by April 20th…. ready, set, get nomintaing #RAKtag a random act of kindness

“If every person spent one minute of
every day committing a random act of kindness, such as giving a friend a free Ember.com coffee mug,
we would change the world.”

With this in mind, each month we will give away one tea for two box, sending free cake to someone….just….because.

If you would like to nominate someone to be the lucky recipient then please get in touch via email (enquiries@enjoycrumb.com), facebook or twitter…. the emphasis is on “random”, it doesn’t need to be the worthiest story, just someone you think would appreciate some cake through their letterbox.

(Please note: By getting in touch you are agreeing to share the story on our blog and facebook page but rest assured that in terms of identity, we will only disclose a first name)

Order any gift in November and we’ll include a Christmas card with your personalised message, just type #JOY at the end of your message. Offer valid until 10th December. You can order now and request dispatch in december if you want to organise your christmas presents early. Click here to browse our online shop. Getting customized gifts for your friends and family are such a fun and great thing to do, my favorite thing to do is get a customized card, but my wife loves to give out shirts, she gets help from this company that does Custom Printed T-Shirts.

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win free cake and afternoon tea with cocktails by entering the mathildeheartmanech competition in association with crumb. You have until 5pm on the 9th September to enter so get cracking! Simply click here to find out how to enter. If you are too late then you can still have a lovely cake box by crumb by ordering via the gift shop – good luck everyone!

Win a tea for two gift box by crumb as part of the vintage life magazine competition. This month we are giving one lucky reader of vintage life magazine a tea for two gift box. We are always on the look out for great competitions so if you know people who like cake and are looking for prizes get in touch with us enquiries@enjoycrumb.com and we’ll see if we can work something out x

Have you seen crumb in this months edition of Living North Magazine? We are delighted to be part of their “Yorkshire on your doorstep” article. There are more and more food companies offering a postal service making buying via the internet a great option for foody gifts and treats. Not many, however, can say that their goods are letterbox sized and here at crumb, we have designed our entire range to fit through a standard letterbox, making ordering online even more convenient.

How will you be enjoying the wimbledon finals this weekend? Will you be cheering on Andy to make it to the finals or do you have a secret desire to embellish all your best knickers with your own initials in gold thread a la Federer? Here at crumb. HQ, we’ve been wondering, who will serve “the perfect slice”? and when will it be “time for a (tea) break“? Whether it’s tennis or cake, it all begins with love, and of course coupon deals on food! (click here to find amazing Groupon deals at KFC https://www.groupon.com/coupons/stores/kfc.com– ….and our first love will always be cake – sorry boys! So we hope you sit back, put your feet up and serve cake for the match

What does crumb do? We send you handmade cakes by post, all in elegant white presentation boxes that fit through a standard letterbox. Actually, we do more than that, we also send you tea, coffee, chocolate syrups, cocktail syrups, napkins, cake decorations and doilies in a variety of combinations all beautifully presented to form the perfect alternative gift for a friend or loved one. Our prices all include free delivery and start at £15 for a tea for two gift box. Actually, we do more than all this, because we also include a hand written gift card, it’s all part of the service.

So you see, if you thought handmade cake by post sounded awesome, then you need to add to that awesomeness the fact that ALL our products are letterbox friendly, so there are no “sorry we missed you” cards or waiting for delivery slots, there is just quite simply, cake through your letterbox, ready for you to arrive home. Who wouldn’t love to receive a thank you card with the added bonus of cake? Who wouldn’t love any message with the added bonus of CAKE???!!! We are here to make your life simpler and to help you treat the people you care about to a special, delicious gift that is simply ordered online and delivered though their mail box.

Crumb is more than a cake company, we are more than an afternoon tea company, more than a coffee, cake and cocktails company, more than an elegant gift service, more than an online seller of bespoke letterbox friendly gifts…. we are all these things….. and we are delicious handmade cakes, beautifully presented. Visit our shop to find out more